Van Cliburn, the pianist who earned lifelong fame for winning the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow at the height of the Cold War, has advanced bone cancer, a spokesperson said Monday. The New York Times:

"Mr. Cliburn, 78, is undergoing treatment and “resting comfortably at
home” in Fort Worth, where he is receiving around-the-clock care, said
the spokeswoman, Mary Lou Falcone.

"He was diagnosed in the past 10
days, she said. Ms. Falcone did not specify the treatment. Mr. Cliburn
was in New York in May to deliver a lecture at the New York Public
Library and for the auctioning by Christie’s of furniture, jewelry and
artworks in his collection and of his family piano."